DIANA. 



Synonyms None. 



Bunch 4J inches long, 3 wide; rarely shouldered; compactly set. 



Berry Size, rather smaller than the Catawba, from i inch to IB in diameter. 



Form Round. 



Skin Pale red. 



Seed J inch long, T 3 g wide, 7 thick, light greyish cinnamon. 



Flesh Less pulpy and more juicy than the Catawba. 



Flavor Somewhat similar to the Catawba, but more delicate, and more saccharine. 



Quality" Best." 



Maturity A week or ten days earlier than the Catawba. 



Leaf Very similar to that of the Catawba. 



Wood Light brown. 



HISTORY, ETC. 



The Diana Grape originated with Mrs. Diana Crehove, of Milton Hill, near 

 Boston, Mass. ; from seed of the Catawba, planted nearly a quarter of a century 

 ago. It fruited in 1838 for the first time, and in 1844 the attention of Pomolo- 

 gists was particularly directed to it by Mr. Hovey, in his Magazine of Horticul- 

 ture. Independently of its intrinsic excellence, its early maturity peculiarly 

 adapts it to the climate of the Northern and Eastern States, where the Isabella 

 and Catawba seldom come to perfection, and further south, it is even better than 

 at the North. 



